Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop update to Galaxy S5 devices in South Korea. Galaxy S5 models of Korean mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus are receiving the Lollipop update from December 5th.
Last week, Samsung started Lollipop update to Galaxy S5 models in Poland. The latest update in Korea for the S5 has the build number G900KKTU1BNL2 for all three carriers. Samsung’s own TouchWiz interface still remains even after the Lollipop update. Lollipop update brings lockscreen notifications, increased performance thanks to the switch to Android’s new ART runtime, better battery life, improved fingerprint recognition, redesigned Samsung apps, heads-up alerts, multi-user support for phones, Smart Lock, MirrorLink and so on.
HTC and Sony have also started updating their devices with the latest Android 5.0 update. Samsung is expected to bring Lollipop update to Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 4 in early 2015.